Weather-strip



(No Model.)

A. M. STODARD.

WEATHER STRIP. No. 404,445. Patented June 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES ANDREW M. STODARD,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF EUREKA, KANSAS.

' WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,445, dated June 4,1889. Application filed January 4, 1882. Serial No. 295,409. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW M. STODARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eureka, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weather-strips; and itconsistsin certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation of .a doorprovided with my improved weather-strip. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe weather-strip removed. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section, andFig. 4 is a vertical section.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a door of the usual orany preferred construction, supported in the door-frame B in theordinary manner.

0 designates a cap piece or plate which is secured to the side of thedoor, nearthe lower end of the same, and is provided with a recess D inits under side. The weather-strip proper E is arranged in this recess D,and consists of a base-strip F, of wood or metal, and a flexible stripG, secured in the lower edge of the same and adapted to press againstthe door-sill. The weather-strip is supported in the recess by theswinging links or hangers H, which have their lower ends pivoted to theweather-strip and their upper ends pivoted to the cap-plate near theupper end of, the recess. The said hangers are provided with atransverse shoulder I at an intermediate point of their length, andsprings J, secured within the recess, bear against the said shoulder andtend to hold the weather-strip normally withdrawn into the recess. Thesesprings may be of any desired form; but for cheapness and simplicity Iprefer the form shown in the daawings, in which they are each composedof a spring-wire rod having an intermediate portion of its length coiledaround a stud or pin in the recess D, and having its'opposite endsbearing against the upper end of the recess and the transverse shoulderof the hanger. A cam K is secured to the door-jamb opposite the one towhich the door is hinged and at the lower end of the same, and isadapted to act upon the end of the weather-strip to lower the same asthe door is closed. 7

In practice the cap-plate is secured to the strip will be broughtagainst the cam K and the weather-strip thereby forced inward, thehangers at the same time giving ita downward, motion, so that it will becaused to bear upon the door-sill and thereby close the space betweenthe same and the lower edge of the door. As the door is opened thesprings will raise the hangers and thereby withdraw the strip.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided avery compactlyarranged weather-strip, which is thoroughly protectedagainst injury and which is composed of few parts, so that it is notliable to get out of order. The device is entirely automatic in itsoperation, and owing to its eX-' treme simplicity can be manufacturedata slight cost. come worn out or broken, it can be replaced withoutnecessitating the provision of an entirely new weather-strip.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. The weather-strip comprising the capplate, the strip E, arrangedbetween said capplate and the door, the hangers having their oppositeends pivot-ed, respectively, to the capplate and the strip E, and thesprings secured to the cap-plate and having their free ends bearing onthe hangers, as set forth.

2. The weather-strip comprising the capplate having a recess in its rearside, the strip arranged in said recess, hangers supporting said stripwithin the recess and provided with transverse shoulders, and thesprings secured within the recess and having their ends bearing againstthe shoulders of the hangers, as set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREWV M. STODARD- Witnesses:

F. W.-WALs1N, H. F. RIZER.

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